Clamping clip



July 11, 1933. l. LEITER, NEE KOCH CLAMPING CLIP Filed May 19, 1931 INVENTOR.

BY Jfcrnum TLX/lef.

ATTORNEY Patented July 11, 1933 INGA LEITEE, NE KOCH; OFi BERLIN-STEGLITZ, GERMANY:

CLAMPING CLIP Application filed May 19, 1931, Serial No. 538,515, and in Germany May 24,1930.

The invention refers to improvements in and relating to clamping clips ofthe button and loop type, such as used 1n garters is and similar articles for detachablylholding sure ofthe stockings or other fabric, or of hosiery, garments or other fabrics.

The clamping clips, as ordinarily used in garters or the like, in which a button, fastened at the end of a so-called tab with the stocking orv fabric laid on top of it, is z slipped into the narrowed end ofa wireloop, suspend-ed from a ribbon or from the garter-shield, have been'found to be not quite reliable: In consequence of the counterprespiece of fabric disengages vagain from thel clip of the garter; i

` One object of the invention is to provide a new and improved clampingclip, which is absolutely reliable and sure to holdfthe i fabric, once the latter is putV into the-grip of the clip, until the user himself releases the fabric again from the clip.V Another ob-` ject of the invention is to provide a safetymeans, which may be manufactured separately and usedin connection withalready existing clamping clips of various descriptions, as they are already on the market, in order to give to those clamping clips of older types higher value and a higher degree of security.

In order to carry out those objects of the invention I devise a movable locking clasp, which after the insertion of the button into the end of the wire-loop (or its equivalent) is put into such position on the clamping clip, as to block the button from passing back out of the loop, until the user himself removes this clasp again out of this locking position. In putting this principle into practical use in the manufacturing of new clamping clips I prefer to arrange the locking clasp hinged slidably on the one leg of the wire-loop, and adapted to be swung around this leg and resiliently to be clamped on the other leg of the wire-loop. In connection with already existing clamping clips of any older typethe-lockingclaspoff my invention is preferably giventhe shape of a double-winged elasticbracket,with` the? middle part forming a handle and-'the two;

resilient ends adapted to `be slipped over the 55# y twolegs of the wire-loop. Y In the drawing I have shown two preferred? embodiments of my invention, whereby.

Figures 1 and@ are elevations of a clamp@ y ingcclip as improved by the new locking claspY 60- ofiny invention, shown inthe open andfclosed position respective-ly ofthe clampingfclip;

Figure- 3' is a perspective view ofthellock-y ing clasp of this firsteinbodimentf ofi' the ine ,Y vention; i '65% Figure lis a View of= another embodiment," in which the lockingclasp is shaped?asadouLA ble-winged'bracket'.

In the illustration ofthe Iirst embodiment? I the most simple'type of aclampingfclip:is'l02 shown, in Which-the one'par-tis-a-wire-madevl frame, having; an elongated base- 11, torbesewedorfastened otherwise onfa-y ribbon, ay han gerstrap or the like, a bulgedmiddle par-t: 12,A 12T, and a slightlykconvergingnarrowing 751" end-loop'l. At the base'll' is fastened'the sccalledtab 14, aszarul'e made from an elastic or non-elasticl ribbon, at the end: ofwhich tab is'lixed the button 15 of customary f'orm,` having a narrow. neck andan 'enlargedheadr 90 The lockingclasp, which 'preferably-is `madeof resilient steel, consists in an irregularly bent leaf-spring, the one end of which forms an eye 16, by means of which this leaf-spring l is slidably hinged to the one leg 12 of the 55* wire-part. The middleof this leaf-spring is bent twice in opposite turns, so as to form a somewhat receding S-shaped step 17. rIhe somewhat prolongated free end of the leafspring is provided with a turned-over brim 991' 18, in order to prevent it from hurting the wearer by a sharp edge, and to facilitate the handling of the locking clasp as explained below. The part of the leaf-spring between the hinge 16 and the step 17 is broadened and 955' preferably arched, so that this curved part 19 may get a better grip on the head or on the neck of the button 15, and also increase the resiliency of the clasp.

In the practical use of this new and im-` m0 proved clamping clip in the usual manner the button 15, with the piece of hosiery, cloth or the like, 20, is introduced into the bulged middle part 12 of the wire frame, and both pieces together are slipped into the wire-loop 13. Thereupon the locking clasp, which first may be in the Lposition shown in Figure 1, is slipped along on the wire-leg 12 to a position close tothe button 15, and is then swung round its eye or hinge 16, so that the step 17' snaps over the other wire-leg 12 and the curved broad part 19 of the leaf-spring bears against the head or against the neck of the button l5. The button is thus locked in its position, and the piece of hosiery or cloth 2O is prevented from slipping out of the grip of the clamping clip. The locking clasp is preferably made of a length exceeding the breadth of the tab 14, and by a slight pressure of a finger from belowagainst the laterally projecting brim 18 the locking clasp may be disengaged from the wire leg 12 and be swung to the other side, thus freeing the button 15, if it is desired to open the locking In the second embodiment of my invention the general construction of the clamping clip may be the same, as inthe first example,

which means, it comprises likewise a wireframe with the base 11, the bulging legs 12,

12', and the narrowing loop 13; and further the tab 14 with the button 15. The locking clasp however has the form shown in Figure 4, in which a strip or lamella of springy steel is shaped into a double-winged elastic brack- I- user of the article, by exerting a sufiicient pull on the loop or handle 21, removes the locking clasp again from the wire-frame of the clamping clip.

It is understood that the locking clasp shown in Figure l may be brought likewise into permanent hinging connection with the Wire-frame of a clamping clip, to substitute the locking clasp of the first shown embodiment of my invention; and it may be of advantage, to manufacture the locking clasp of the type of Figure 4 with the one eyelet, 22 or 23, slightly opened, so that the buyer of such clasp may himself fasten it to an old clamping clip of any design, by simply slipping the open eyelet over the one wire-leg of the clip in question, and then pressing this eyelet together, so as to transform it into a hinge. To the men of the art it is further evident, that there are possible still many other variations in the details of the construction of my new and improved clamping clip, which will be within the scope of protection as defined in the following claim, as my invention is to be seen generally in the principle of providing a locking means in connection with clamping clips of the button and loop type, which clamping means, if

brought into operative position on the clamp, will prevent an accidental slipping 'of the button part out of the loop of the counterpart on the clamp;

I claim:

A button and loop fastener, comprising: a wire loop, a tab :connected thereto, a button at the free end of said tab, and a resilient clasp for locking the button in the loop, said clasp being hinged at one of its-endsvto one leg of the loopand having means for separably snapping over the other leg of the loop, the part of the clasp extending between the two legs of the loop being arched, so as to increase the resiliency of the clasp and also increaseits grip on the neck of the button.

In testimony whereof I herewith aiix my signature.

INGA LEITER, NE KOCH. 

